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GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House

19 December at 21:02 PM, via Wired

There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.

Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized

19 December at 20:41 PM, via Wired

WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.

There’s little evidence of a ‘brain microbiome’ | Letter

19 December at 19:25 PM, via The Guardian

Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases

Contrary to what is implied in your article (The brain microbiome: could understanding it help prevent dementia?, 1 December), the weight of expert opinion in medical microbiology rejects the existence of a “brain...

Is the Tech Industry Nearing an A.I. Slowdown?

19 December at 18:25 PM, via New York Times

Companies like OpenAI and Google are running out of the data used to train artificial intelligence systems. Can new methods continue years of rapid progress?

AI learns to distinguish between aromas of US and Scottish whiskies

19 December at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

One algorithm identified the five strongest notes in each drink more accurately than any one of a panel of experts

Notch up another win for artificial intelligence. Researchers have used the technology to predict the major notes that waft off whisky and determine whether a dram was made in the US or Scotland.

The work marks a step towards automated systems that can predict the complex aroma of...

South Africa gets new nuclear safety laws

19 December at 17:42 PM, via MyBroadband

The Amendment Bill amends the National Nuclear Regulator Act of 1999 to align it with current international regulatory best practices as determined by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The 7 Best Photography Books of 2024

19 December at 17:00 PM, via Wired

From one family’s brush with a serial killer to a look at queer history through images, these were WIRED’s favorite photography books of the last year.

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